RE: EA's Top 10 List of Fears as they Pertain to Rev's Arrival in Texas

(12-07-2015 02:33 PM)Escape Artist Wrote:

(12-07-2015 02:18 PM)GirlyMan Wrote: You're worried about your parents? Mom and Dad this is Rev. He's from Maryland. He'll be staying with us for a while.

They're just... annoying. When they find out I'm looking for a place to move out to, they'll ask how much money I have saved up. If I tell them, they'll say I haven't saved up enough. If I don't answer, they'll assume the same thing.

They don't want me to move to town, they want me to live where it's "safer" in "Podunkville" because they all hate town and they don't want people "living on top of them" - never mind I am an entirely different person with different opinions.

My mom will find something wrong with whatever place I pick. They somehow think I make gobs more money than I actually do and therefore anything less than the Taj Mahal will be met with her disapproval.

In short, anything I do they just don't like it, don't approve of it, and even when they finally realize I am going to do what I want regardless of what they say, you can still feel the disapproval a mile away. I wish they'd either just not give a shit about me at all or that they'd just smile and nod and be happy for me.

I'll get over it. I just wish they'd all disappear or keep their mouths shut during this process so I can do what I need to do with minimal stress.

ETA: As far as Rev goes, I've just got my mind set on "They won't like him" so as to maybe, hopefully, manage my expectations. I wish they would see that I'm happy and that that would be enough for them, but it isn't. Unless I were to fall in line like a sheep and just do whatever they want me to, they won't be pleased.

Sounds like they're making excuses because they don't want you to leave. After Revs gives them a big old Maryland bear hug they won't want him to leave either. Don't the properties in Waco usually have like 3 or 4 houses on them? Maybe you and Rev could move to one of the old slave quarters and fix it up?

RE: EA's Top 10 List of Fears as they Pertain to Rev's Arrival in Texas

(12-07-2015 02:49 PM)GirlyMan Wrote:

(12-07-2015 02:33 PM)Escape Artist Wrote: They're just... annoying. When they find out I'm looking for a place to move out to, they'll ask how much money I have saved up. If I tell them, they'll say I haven't saved up enough. If I don't answer, they'll assume the same thing.

They don't want me to move to town, they want me to live where it's "safer" in "Podunkville" because they all hate town and they don't want people "living on top of them" - never mind I am an entirely different person with different opinions.

My mom will find something wrong with whatever place I pick. They somehow think I make gobs more money than I actually do and therefore anything less than the Taj Mahal will be met with her disapproval.

In short, anything I do they just don't like it, don't approve of it, and even when they finally realize I am going to do what I want regardless of what they say, you can still feel the disapproval a mile away. I wish they'd either just not give a shit about me at all or that they'd just smile and nod and be happy for me.

I'll get over it. I just wish they'd all disappear or keep their mouths shut during this process so I can do what I need to do with minimal stress.

ETA: As far as Rev goes, I've just got my mind set on "They won't like him" so as to maybe, hopefully, manage my expectations. I wish they would see that I'm happy and that that would be enough for them, but it isn't. Unless I were to fall in line like a sheep and just do whatever they want me to, they won't be pleased.

Sounds like they're making excuses because they don't want you to leave. After Revs gives them a big old Maryland bear hug they won't want him to leave either. Don't the properties in Waco usually have like 3 or 4 houses on them? Maybe you and Rev could move to one the slave quarters?